topic Re: Combined Postage with Australia Post in Selling

Combined Postage with Australia Post

hvddrifthome — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:39:19 GMT

Hi

I am selling my board game collection. I think the ability to calculate shipping via auspost is great.

But how do I calculate combined shipping? I don't mean the settings in my ebay preferences, but in the calculation of costs.

For example. game 1 may weigh 2kg and fits into. 40x30x15 box.
Game 2 weighs 4kg and fits into a 80 x. 35 x 15 box
Game 3 weighs 500 grams and fits into a small 20x15 x 10 cm box.

Is there a way that ebay and aus post calculator could automatically work out any of this if one buyer bought all 3 items?

Thanks

Hans

Re: Combined Postage with Australia Post

haolove13 — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 00:09:42 GMT

Be wary of Aus post calculated postage as it is often quite dodgy.
The fastest way to combine postage is do it manually.
By the time you program every possibility you could box it all, take it to the post office and be having a beer.

If you have 100 similar items it would be worth it but to sell a dozen items just do it manually.

Re: Combined Postage with Australia Post

digital*ghost — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:39:31 GMT

@hvddrifthome wrote:

Is there a way that ebay and aus post calculator could automatically work out any of this if one buyer bought all 3 items?

Due to things like board games having various sizes and weights, the postage calculator wouldn't be able to account for the differences in how two or three together would likely be packaged as opposed to one alone (that is, above a certain packed volume, the parcel will be cubed rather than charged on dead weight, and the calculator would need to be able to provide for all possible purchase combinations in terms of weight and volume in order to work it out for you, which it can't do).

You could check out the rate table option for postage and see if you can tailor that to your needs, though.

http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/pay/shipping-costs.html#tables

Re: Combined Postage with Australia Post

stampingpaws — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:40:37 GMT

If your board games are all different sizes and quite light with a lot of space in the boxes. Pack them so they cannot be cubed by wrapping in bubble wrap, paper and string so they have rounded sides. Cubing only applies to cube type items and your pacgage will go on weight only. This might save you money.